It’’s almost impossible to isolate a single variable on a cue and translate it to performance.
Cue material, tip diameter, tip type, table conditions, experience...etc.
In a conversation between Steve Hendry and O’sullivan, each claim to have only used 4 cues over the decades. And snooker players, when possible, will change the tip once a year and that’s a month or so before the season to break it in.
The point being...you can’t just pick up a cue or put a new tip and ‘judge’ it after A few
Sessions at the table. It’s like a baseball glove...Needs to almost be part of our body.
I tried a CF cue. I couldn’t get the performance. However I haven’t play with it for 13 years as I have my 9.5 mm wooden Snooker cue. With my snooker cue I can get enough spin to pot an American pool ball 3” past a side pocket...with The CF cue I could barely pot a straight in 7’ shot. This difference is likely little to do with the composition of the CF cue..l just haven’t used it for 13 years.
Bottom line. Get a cue and tip type and stick with it For a decade. Don’t cue and tip hop. Wood or CF no real way of comparing.
Cue material, tip diameter, tip type, table conditions, experience...etc.
In a conversation between Steve Hendry and O’sullivan, each claim to have only used 4 cues over the decades. And snooker players, when possible, will change the tip once a year and that’s a month or so before the season to break it in.
The point being...you can’t just pick up a cue or put a new tip and ‘judge’ it after A few
Sessions at the table. It’s like a baseball glove...Needs to almost be part of our body.
I tried a CF cue. I couldn’t get the performance. However I haven’t play with it for 13 years as I have my 9.5 mm wooden Snooker cue. With my snooker cue I can get enough spin to pot an American pool ball 3” past a side pocket...with The CF cue I could barely pot a straight in 7’ shot. This difference is likely little to do with the composition of the CF cue..l just haven’t used it for 13 years.
Bottom line. Get a cue and tip type and stick with it For a decade. Don’t cue and tip hop. Wood or CF no real way of comparing.